After booting a live-cd on an Asus E200H, neither the keyboard (both X and without X) nor the touchpad work. I am completely clueless what to do because I cannot even run a few commands to track down the problem. Can it be that the problem is related to the fact that the keyboard is internally connected via i2c?

After booting a live-cd on an Asus E200H, neither the keyboard (both X and without X) nor the touchpad work. I am completely clueless what to do because I cannot even run a few commands to track down the problem. Can it be that the problem is related to the fact that the keyboard is internally connected via i2c?

I recommend installing gentoo with the help of a puppy linux live USB/CD, you can easily chroot into your new install, while having a browser open reading the handbook.